Deborah Pauly

Deborah L. Pauly (born July 25, 1959, in Virginia) is a perennial candidate and graduate of Trinity Law School in Orange County, CA.{{cite web|title=Deborah Pauly|url=https://www.jbs.org/about-jbs/deborah-pauly|work=John Birch Society website|access-date=2 December 2018}} She serves as a current member of the National Council of the John Birch Society and works as a staff attorney at the Lex Rex Institute,{{cite web |url=https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/350345 |title=Attorney Profile Deborah Lyn Pauly |work=Attorney Search |publisher=State Bar of California |date=2023-10-09 |access-date=2023-10-09 }} a nonprofit Constitutional advocacy organization,{{Cite web |url=https://www.lexrex.org/ |title=Lex Rex Institute Webpage |website=Lex Rex |access-date=2023-10-26}} having made her reputation as a southern California Tea Party-friendly politician.

Earlier career

Pauly was appointed as a voting delegate to the California Republican Party by State Senator John Moorlach and an elected member of the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Orange County, as one of six people from the 60th Assembly District and later 68th Assembly District.

While serving as Councilwoman of the City of Villa Park, Pauly received the 2009 Woman of the Year Award from the California Legislative Women's Caucus as part of the Caucus's Women's History Month observances. Pauly served active duty in the United States Air Force as a Public Affairs Specialist.{{cite web|title=Linked in: Deborah Pauly|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-pauly-8a0439bb|work=Pauly CV|access-date=2 December 2018}}

In 2010, Pauly attracted attention by comparing the Affordable Care Act to sodomy.

A 2011 video of a protest at an Islamic charity event captured Pauly addressing a crowd outside denouncing the event as "pure, unadulterated evil" and inviting US Marines "to help these terrorists to an early meeting in paradise."{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-mar-24-la-me-0324-villa-park-20110324-story.html |title=Pauly ignites controversy with speech at Islamic charity event |last=Shadia |first=Mona |last2=Esquivel |first2=Paloma |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 24, 2011 |access-date=December 4, 2018}}

Perennial candidate

In 2012, Pauly attempted to advance her elected career by running for the 3rd district seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors but was defeated in a landslide 68.9%-31.1% by another Republican.

In 2016, Pauly attempted to revive her dormant elected career by running for California's 68th State Assembly district but ultimately finished in 4th place with 14.1% behind two other Republicans and a Democrat in the primary election.

In 2019, Pauly again attempted to revive her dormant elected career by running for the 3rd district seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors again but ultimately finished in 5th place with 5.3% of the vote behind three other Republicans and a Democrat in the special election.

Education

Pauly graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and a minor in political science from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

In 2005, Pauly was a participant in the Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series, a program created to incubate the careers of promising Republican female politicians through training, mentoring, and building networking relationships.{{cite web|title=Alumni, Class of 2005|url=http://www.thebergesonseries.com/alumni-2/|work=Marian Bergeson Excellence in Public Service Series|access-date=December 2, 2018}}

Pauly is a graduate of Trinity Law School.

Drunk driving

While driving a Porsche 911, Pauly was arrested for drunk driving after hitting a parked car in Anaheim, California in 2015 during her campaign for State Assembly.{{cite news|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2015/09/28/assembly-candidate-former-villa-park-council-member-deborah-pauly-arrested-for-dui/|title=Assembly candidate, former Villa Park council member Deborah Pauly arrested for DUI|newspaper=Orange County Register|last=Schwebke|first=Scott|date=September 28, 2015}}{{cite news |last=Elmahrek |first=Adam |url=https://voiceofoc.org/2015/09/former-villa-park-councilwoman-arrested-for-drunken-driving/ |title=Former Villa Park Councilwoman Arrested For Drunken Driving |work=Voice of OC |location=Santa Ana, CA |date=September 26, 2015 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |quote=Lt. Eric Trapp said Pauly, 56, was driving a blue Porsche 911 and negotiating a turn from the 1100 N. Minot block onto Ventura street when she struck a white Mazda pickup truck. The truck was parked at the time of the accident, Trapp said. She was given a field sobriety test and officers determined she was intoxicated, according to Trapp.}}{{cite news|url=https://ocweekly.com/deborah-pauly-cant-even-escape-anti-muslim-controversy-in-dui-arrest-6441786/|title=Deborah Pauly Can't Even Escape Anti-Muslim Controversy in DUI Arrest|newspaper=OC Weekly|date=September 29, 2015|last=Coker|first=Matt}}

Three years earlier during her campaign for Orange County Supervisor, Pauly had attempted to drive her then-husband's Porsche home when he was arrested for drunk driving, but she was prevented from doing so by the Orange Police Department because she was also drunk.{{cite news|url=https://ocweekly.com/updated-with-das-clarification-of-sentencing-deborah-paulys-drunken-night-out-6438271/|title=[Updated, with DA'S Clarification of Sentencing] Deborah Pauly's Drunken Night Out!|newspaper=OC Weekly|date=February 21, 2012|author-link=Gustavo Arellano|last=Arellano|first=Gustavo}}

Electoral history

= 2012 =

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| title = Orange County Board of Supervisors 3rd district election, 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/pri2012/results.htm#c-1303|title=Presidential Primary Election - June 5, 2012 - Official Results for Election|publisher=Orange County Registrar of Voters|date=June 22, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Todd Spitzer

| votes = 53,322

| percentage = 68.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Deborah Pauly

| votes = 24,115

| percentage = 31.1

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 77,437

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = California Republican Party

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= 2016 =

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| title = California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2016{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-primary/110-state-assembly-formatted.pdf|title=Statement of Voter - June 7, 2016, Primary Election|publisher=Secretary of State of California|date=July 15, 2016|access-date=April 21, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2016-general/sov/45-state-assembly-formatted.pdf|title=Statement of Voter - November 8, 2016, General Election|publisher=Secretary of State of California|date=December 16, 2016|access-date=April 21, 2019}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Democratic Party

| candidate = Sean Jay Panahi

| votes = 32,610

| percentage = 33.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Steven Choi

| votes = 19,559

| percentage = 19.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Harry Sidhu

| votes = 19,405

| percentage = 19.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Deborah Pauly

| votes = 13,880

| percentage = 14.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Alexia Deligianni-Brydges

| votes = 5,098

| percentage = 5.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = No party preference

| candidate = Brian Chuchua

| votes = 4,635

| percentage = 4.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Kostas Roditis

| votes = 3,528

| percentage = 3.6

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 98,715

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Steven Choi

| votes = 114,210

| percentage = 60.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Democratic Party

| candidate = Sean Jay Panahi

| votes = 75,231

| percentage = 39.7

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 189,441

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no change

| winner = California Republican Party

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= 2019 =

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| title = Orange County Board of Supervisors 3rd district special election, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.ocvote.com/fileadmin/live/ThirdSup/results.htm|title=Third Supervisorial District Vacancy Election - March 12, 2019 - Official Results for Election|publisher=Orange County Registrar of Voters|date=March 22, 2019|access-date=April 21, 2019}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = California Republican Party

| candidate = Donald P. Wagner

| votes = 30,240

| percentage = 42.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = California Democratic Party

| candidate = Loretta Sanchez

| votes = 26,708

| percentage = 37.1